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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



cises. The university was one of the 

 first to be endowed and supported by 

 a state, and Jefferson planned that it 

 should be the head of the public school 

 system. Much of this sounds very 

 modern, or rather perhaps in accord 



United States senators and at least 

 ten who are presidents of colleges 

 and universities. The illustrations 

 here given show that even after the 

 disastrous fire of ten years ago, the 

 university possesses suitable and 



Thomas Jefferson, Founder of the University of Virginia. 



with the views of certain modern edu- 

 cators. 



Virginia long maintained its posi- 

 tion as the university of the south, 

 being its home of scholarship and 

 school of training for public life. Per- 

 haps no other institution in the coun- 

 try prepared so many men for high 

 oflicial positions; and when the civil 

 war came, it supplied about 1,500 

 officers to the confederate army. In 

 spite of the ravages of the war, it by 

 no means lost its prestige. Thus there 

 are at present seven alumni who are 



beautiful buildings, and that the sci- 

 ences are well cared for. It will 

 suffice to name Professor Ormond 

 Stone, director of the observatory, and 

 Professor J. W. Mallet, F.R.S., who 

 holds the chair of chemistry, to indi- 

 cate the position held by the university 

 in the sciences. 



Dr. Alderman, who has been super- 

 intendent of schools, professor of peda- 

 gogy and for four years president of 

 North Carolina and of Tulane, has the 

 educational experience which will be- 

 come more and more essential for a 



